Answer: RUNNERUP
RUNNERUP is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 14 times.
Referring Clues:
- Second-place finisher
 - Pacer that places
 - Good loser?
 - Champ, almost
 - Second best
 - Second
 - Second-place contestant
 - Half of a winning exacta
 - Second-place contender
 - Second place winner
 - Second place
 - Vanquished person: hyph.
 - Jack Nicklaus, in 19 major golf championships
 - One who is so close (and yet so far)
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - April 02, 2021
 - New York Times - December 18, 2019
 - LA Times - January 18, 2016
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 14, 2015
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 15, 2014
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 02, 2014
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 21, 2014
 - LA Times - August 28, 2012
 - Post Puzzler - April 15, 2012
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 06, 2012
 - Netword - October 23, 2010
 - New York Times - May 02, 2010
 - Washington Post - November 06, 2007
 - LA Times - June 28, 2007
 - USA Today - June 23, 2004
 
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